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Overlooked No More: Mihri Rassim, Feminist Artist in the Ottoman Empire

Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Mihri Rassim was one of the most intriguing Turkish artists of her day — but she was known more for her eccentric lifestyle than for her art. She shunned her royal upbringing by running away from home to pursue an arts education, and to secure the freedoms that the Ottoman Empire didn’t provide to women in the early 1900s. She was a pioneer, opening the first art college

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ancyra, the Greek word for “anchor,” highlighting its reputation as a trading post for goods coming in from the Black Sea. The 6,000-year-old city has an illustrious past as a major trade center founded by the Indo- European Hattic civilization dating back to the Bronze Age and later as a hub of converging trade routes all the way from Persia to Crimea. Ruled by Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, Romans, Greeks, Byzantines, Galatians, Seljuk Turks and Ottomans throughout history, Ankara

In Turkey, a communist mayor has become a national folk hero

A surprise electoral win by the first and only communist mayor in Turkey deserves a closer look at how his socialist policies won over the hearts of his constituents and then of the whole country After dancing with his supporters on the street, one of the first things Turkey’s first elected Communist mayor did, within a week of taking office, was to remove the police checkpoint and demolish the wall in front of the municipality building in the city of Tunceli. Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu told the asse

Tek Renkli Tarih Atlası

Review of Asli Cavusoglu's fresco wall installation at the New Museum.

Otel büyücüsü

On Ian Schrager, the hotel wizard.

Similarities Under the Armour

I Survived the Turkish Uprising—here’s why I still Vote.

It took less than five minutes. I didn’t feel excited, angry, nervous, hopeful, or hopeless. I did it with the same nonchalance I exude going...

Dancing with Glass

Joana Kohen - Life For Rent

An artist book for Turkish feminist artist Joana Kohen

Women in Art

Catalyst for Cultural Change / Kültürel Değişim Katalizörü

An interview with contemporary artist Theaster Gates about his socially engaged work in the gentrified neighborhood of Tophane for the 14th Istanbul Biennial. (Turkish)

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Azade Köker Probes Socio-Political Fragility in Monumental Paper Works

74REPORT for the 14th Istanbul Biennial

A short guide to understanding and navigating the expansive 14th Istanbul Biennial that took place in over 30 venues around the city.

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A Tale of One City

Review of the 14th Istanbul Biennial for Dubai's Canvas Magazine

Taner Ceylan Explores the Psychology of a Famous Portrait

Istanbul’s Galeri Zilberman Redefines Heroism in the Middle East

Under the Radar

Pasha Kids

An article on the grandchildren of the Ottoman pashas of prominence for the first quarterly edition og GQ Turkey